Melon variety nun 68107 mem

Abstract

The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid melon variety NUN 68107 MEM as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 68107 MEM is a Piel de Sapo melon variety comprising resistance to Podosphaera xanthii Race 1, Race 2 and Race 5, Aphis gossypii, and Muskmelon Necrotic Spot Virus (MNSV).

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 780,784 filed on Dec. 17, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The disclosure relates to the field of plant breeding and, more specifically, to melon variety NUN 68107 MEM. The disclosure further relates to vegetative reproductions of melon variety NUN 68107 MEM, methods for tissue culture of melon variety NUN 68107 MEM and regenerating a plant from such a tissue culture and to phenotypic variants of melon variety NUN 68107 MEM. The disclosure also relates to progeny of melon variety NUN 68107 MEM and the hybrid varieties obtained by crossing melon variety NUN 68107 MEM as a parent line with plants of other varieties or parent lines.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0003]The goal of plant breeding is to combine various desirable traits in a single variety. Such desirable traits may include greater yield, resista...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a new plant variety, called NUN 68107 MEM, which has specific characteristics compared to a reference variety. These characteristics include shallowly lobed leaves, stronger lobe development, slightly stronger dentation of the margin of mature leaves, greyish olive green color, thicker petiole width, thinner peduncle of young fruits, shorter mature fruit length, thinner mature fruit diameter, lighter mature fruit weight, medium elliptic mature fruit shape, netted surface, larger blossom scar diameter, thicker cork layer, denser pattern of cork formation, excellent shipping quality, more abundant rind net presence, coarser rind net, more interlacing of rind net, deeper rind net interstices, firm rind texture, slightly lighter green primary rind color, lighter greyed yellow net color, yellow green mottling color, denser dots, denser patches, lower soluble solids or Brix sugar content, lower penetrometer reading, shorter seed cavity length, and smaller seed cavity width. The patent also describes the desired traits that can be achieved through genetic modification, such as yield, storage properties, color, flavor, size, firmness, enhanced nutritional quality, post-harvest quality, male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, modified metabolism, or ripening.

Problems solved by technology

Conversely, a cross of two plants each heterozygous at a number of loci produces a segregating population of hybrid plants that differ genetically and are not uniform.

The resulting non-uniformity makes performance unpredictable.

Melon can contain black seeds, which are considered undesirable for some uses.

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